Current Association:
Government Polytechnic, Thane as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
(Presently on deputation at Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur for research work)
(Presently on deputation at Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur for research work)
Qualification:
- M.E. (Specialization in Advanced Manufacturing) from Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra, Mumbai University, Mumbai.
- B.E. (Production Engineering) from S.G.G.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, Dr. B.A. Marathawada University, Aurangabad.
- Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Jintur, Board of Technical Education, Mumbai.
Areas of Interest:
- Production Engineering
- Quality and Reliability Engineering
- Evolutionary Computing Techniques
- LAMP ( Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
Experience:
- 13 years (Industrial + Academic Teaching)
- Teaching experience at degree and diploma Level
Industries/ Institution Previously worked with:
- South Asia Tyres Ltd, Aurangabad, A Division of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, USA ( Sr. Section In-charge )
- P.E.S. College of Engineering, Aurangabad (Faculty in Mechanical Engg.)
- Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra (Faculty in Production Engg.)
Professional contributions:
- Launched a Continuing Education program in CAD 3D Modeling for G.P.Thane.
- Projects guided selected for DIPEX for 2004 exhibitions & Second Prize awarded in Automobile Engg. section.
- Worked as I/C Head of Department (HOD) of Information Technology for around 3 years & developed Intranet, deployed Internet (Proxy) server, Web-Mail server.
- Designed & developed Web site for G.P.Thane. (www.gpthane.org.in)
- Worked as Asst. Project Officer and Project Officer for Community Polytechnic scheme sponsored by Ministry of Human Recourses Development (MHRD) & contributed in various activities such as Manpower development, Transfer of technology, Information Dissemination & Community Services etc.
- Conducted one week “Trainers Training Program" for Community Polytechnic staff.
- Initiated YCMOU study centre at G.P. Thane (Diploma/Degree in Mech. Engg.)
Publication/s:
International Journal:
- Vijay Rathod, Om Prakash Yadav, Ajay Rathore and Rakesh Jain (2011), “Probabilistic modeling of fatigue damage accumulation for reliability prediction”, International Journal of Quality, Statistics, and Reliability. (In Press).
International conferences:
- Vijay Rathod, Om Prakash Yadav, Ajay Rathore and Rakesh Jain (2010), “Reliability Based Design Optimization by Integrating Degradation to Improve Reliability of the Product for a Given Life Target”, International Conference on Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (FIME-2010), May 20-22, 2010, National Institute of Technology Karanatka, Surathkal, India.
- Vijay Rathod, Om Prakash Yadav, Ajay Rathore and Rakesh Jain (2010), “Capturing Life Cycle Issues by Incorporating Degradation Behavior in Reliability Based Design Optimization”, IIE 60th Annual Conference Proceedings, June 05-09, 2010, Cancum, Mexico.
- Vijay Rathod, Om Prakash Yadav, Ajay Rathore and Rakesh Jain (2010), “Capturing life cycle issues by incorporating degradation behavior in RBRDO”, 2nd International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2010) , December 03-05, 2010, Dr B R Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar, India.
- V.P.Rathod, U.A.Agnihotri, (2007) " AGV for FMS/RMS" Proceedings of National Conference on Trends in Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM 2007), 19-20 Oct 2007, organised by Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engg, Bandra, Mumbai.
- V.P.Rathod, U.A.Agnihotri, (2008) " Use of Open Source Technology in Manufacturing: A Review" Proceedings of National Conference on Computer Applications in Manufacturing Processes (NCCAMP-2008), 13-14 March 2008, organised by Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala (Pune).